Cristelle knew the doctors forbade Jasper to use his phone after waking up. She didn’t have any suspicions, “Don’t worry about that. They can say whatever they want. We can’t control that. The most important thing is that we both know we’ve never done that. You need to get better soon and stop worrying about such things.”

Jasper felt warm as he let out a smile. That loving and caring Cristelle he knew had come back again.

“Of course, I’ll get better soon. I promise.”

Cristelle smiled faintly, but she was still so scared. She was worried that Linford would suddenly show up and take her away.

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